shrewdness
/ˈʃruːdnəs/
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American sound/ˈʃruːdnəs/
shrewdness
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shrew - dness -> shrewdness
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shrewd /ʃru:d/ adj (-er, -est )
လိမ္မာပါးနပ်သော။ ASTUTE: a shrewd businesswoman/politician ❍ make a shrewd guess/investment. shrewdly adv : She eyed him shrewdly. shrewdness n [U]: He acted with characteristic shrewdness and insight.
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astute, sharp, on the ball, smart, perceptive, insightful, wise, clever, cunning, sharp-witted, canny, accurate, acute, argute, artful, astucious, brainy, cagey, calculating, crafty, cutting, deep, discerning, discriminating, farsighted, foxy, heady, in the know, ingenious, inside, intelligent, judicious, keen, knowing, on the inside, on top of, penetrating, perspicacious, piercing, probing, profound, prudent, quick-witted, sagacious, savvy, sensible, shark, slick, slippery, sly, smooth, streetwise, tricky, underhand, up on, wily, wised up
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